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SPP team does primary and secondary research, devices strategies and solutions for actions and identifies pilot projects that can be undertaken in any city by our implementation teams. As part of the research, we study sources of pollution, their causes, policy gaps, current interventions & challenges and propose projects where we can help a ULB to pilot test a solution. During and post completion of such a project, we capture learnings and help scale it up upon becoming successful.
As part of the team, you will work on building evidence around policy reforms that have worked and will work for Indian states, and develop a larger perspective of your own on what it takes to tackle the air pollution crisis in India. You will be closely involved in looking at long term actions from the City Action Plans focused on solving industrial pollution.
The role is a dynamic opportunity for someone who is passionate about environmental issues and wants to work on key policy reforms to mitigate air pollution. This is a dynamic opportunity where you will get to build relationships with experts, policy makers, A-PAG senior leadership, local city government officials, State Pollution Control Boards, Ministry of Urban Development and Environment, and other partners and vendors to increase salience for key policy reforms that have the potential to have a direct impact in solving the air pollution challenge in the Indo-Gangetic plains.
Responsibilities
Policy and Research: You will have to research and analyse policies, map the landscape (current context, existing Government interventions, stakeholders, new reforms, global best practices etc.) and identify issues in policy implementation across different sectors that contribute to air pollution. You will conduct primary and secondary research to develop position papers, policy briefs, concept notes, project charters and stakeholder presentations etc.
Strategy and Planning: The impact of policy research is twofold. You will help identify actionable recommendations and define scope of the long term projects from City Action Plans that different geography based implementation teams at A-PAG can prioritize and work on with respective Government officials. Two, is to provide expertise to state and the central government bodies on topics such as crop residue burning, vehicular pollution, solid waste management, industrial pollution.
Support pilots: You will provide handholding support on key strategic and high-impact projects that are designed to increase salience on air pollution in the ecosystem. You will help in developing a roadmap for implementation of the identified reforms and designing interventions that can bring about reductions in air pollution.
Documentation: You will capture learnings from our implemented projects to create documents, articles and learning material for use by internal teams at A-PAG for expansion into newer geographies, and also for external Government organizations if they want to implement similar projects on their own.
Qualifications
- 1-3 years of work experience in a role with project-based assignments, substantial analytical requirements, and client-facing component
- Masters’ or equivalent degree from a tier-1 institute with a strong track record of outstanding academic performance.
- Have displayed instances of quick thinking and entrepreneurial nature in previous projects/ work assignment
- Work experience in the space of environment/ air pollution, program implementation, development or implementation of IT dashboards would be preferred but is not essential – however, passion to solve the air pollution crisis in India is critical.
IMP: If you do not have a Masters’ degree but have highly relevant work experience (1-3 years); Do write to us; we could have a role for exceptionally bright, but younger individuals.
Skill Sets Required
● Excellent analytical, research, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
● Strong understanding of developing systems, formats and templates for project strategy, ideation and planning
● Great interpersonal skills and ability to interact and understand the needs of internal and external stakeholders
● Strong planning and organizational skills and an ability to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines
● Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially note writing.
● Comfortable working in ambiguous environments; self-starter that can use good judgment and resourcefulness to take action in the absence of clear guidance and articulation
● Comfortable with use of MS Office tools
Knowledge of statistics, data analysis and data visualization; comfortable using tools such as Excel, Stata, Google charts, Tableau, and others
Location
New Delhi, India
Compensation
Based on experience and commensurate with industry standards
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